Students
examine literary and informational texts to determine life lessons. Students
formulate an opinion and support it with both reasons and text evidence. Learnersunderstand the rich diversity in the United
States.

Target
Standards:

Reading Literature:

RL.1.2.b:
Recognize and understand the central message or lesson.

Reading Informational:

RI.1.2:
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Writing:

W.1.1:
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they
are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and
provide a sense of closure.